Summary:
Abu, who still have vivid memories of the Mattancherry workers’ struggle. Over time, the Mattancherry firing has become something akin to a folk tale, handed down generational memories through workers’ songs and evocative slogans. He wrote the play in 1968, exactly 15 years after the infamous Mattancherry police firing on workers in which three of them were martyred. Locals cast in roles“Locals have been cast in lead roles as I wanted the play to be in its original context. Chidambaran were on workers, the last two written for employees of the Cochin Shipyard and HMT..